A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 546: Artillery Battle Across the River (5)

Wang Dou even sent hundreds of battalion bombardiers to Yang Xingling together. Compared with the pikemen of the other battalions, these were professional bombardiers. Within [-] steps, they could accurately throw ten thousand enemies into the trench.

At present, there are not many Jingbian Army soldiers in Songshan, because more than 1000 people have been transferred to Changling Mountain. At this time, there are only less than [-] people in the army, and Sun Sanjie's Changling Mountain defense line has more than [-] hundreds. The rest of the soldiers defended.

The flag bearer on the pole cart reminded that the Wuzhenhachao Artillery Battalion of the Han Army Banner had already approached the shore. Wang Dou lifted his spirits and raised his binoculars to look at the north bank.

The mighty Qing army from the other side is coming, it seems that most of them are the troops of the Han army banner, and occasionally there are some artillery drawn by cattle and horses.

I thought: "It's finally time for artillery battle. I don't know how powerful the Qing army's artillery is."

In the Battle of Julu that year, the Qing army's Hongyi heavy artillery caused great damage to the Shunxiang army. What will be the result of this battle?
He looked solemnly at his cannon array, which was erected on the right side of the small pontoon bridge, basically more than a hundred steps away from the shore.About two miles to the left of the small pontoon bridge, there is also a small artillery array, which is used to bombard Yang Xingling's left flank.

The terrain there is hilly, so the small artillery array is set up on a high mountain, only a few dozen steps away from the river.On the other side, there was a flat river, which was convenient for artillery bombardment. If the Qing army attacked Yang Xingling's left wing from that side, they would be mercilessly attacked by artillery from this side.

Finally, Wang Dou looked at the artillery array of the Shenji Battalion, they were one mile away to the right of the artillery array of the Jingbian Army.

The huge artillery array has Shenwei General Cannon, Mortar Cannon, a large number of rocket vehicles, Frang machine and so on.However, only the 25 Shenwei Great General Cannons can strike three or four miles from a long distance, and the rest of the rockets and Frang machines can't hit one mile, or only have more than one mile.

And at this distance, the Jingbian Army Artillery Battalion has been able to show its talents.

He thought to himself: "I hope the artillery of the Shenji Battalion can deal a heavy blow to the Qing army far away!"

The gunners of the Shenji Battalion did not satisfy Wang Dou. If the gunners of the Jingbian Army were to operate those cannons, they might be even more powerful.

Of course this is impossible, Fu Yingchong can support Wang Dou, but it is impossible to hand over the artillery battalion to Wang Dou.

Moreover, the artillery cast by the Jingbian Army is relatively standardized, and it doesn't matter if the gunners can be exchanged.The cannons of the Shenji Battalion, or those of the Yuzhen Ming Army, have different calibers and sizes, each cannon has a different temper, and the gunners are all fixed.

Even if Fu Yingchong's feelings are not taken into consideration, if he hastily replaced the gunner of the Jingbian army, it might not be able to achieve any good results.

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"The distance between the thieves and slaves is five miles...four miles..."

In the artillery formation of the Shenji Battalion, only some observers came over and nervously reported to Fu Yingchong the distance between the Qing soldiers and the artillery battalion.

At this time, Fu Yingchong's artillery formation was almost filled with sacks and earthen baskets, and there were densely packed earthen carts everywhere in the artillery formation. The complex layout looked like a maze.

In a circle of thick sacks, the slender Fu Yingchong is poking his head towards the river bank. The sacks filled with soil are so high that they almost submerge Fu Yingchong's neck.For the sake of safety, he deliberately placed his general flag far away, euphemistically saying that soldiers never tire of deceit.

In the binoculars, seeing the Qing soldiers getting closer, especially their artillery was far away, Fu Yingchong subconsciously opened his mouth, revealing two big front teeth.

He hid in the circle and continued to encourage his subordinates: "Brothers, hold on tight, wait until the Tartars are within range to fight again, and we must let the Tartars on the other side see how powerful our Shenji Battalion is..."

Behind the artillery on the crenel wall formed by many sacks, the many gunners of the Shenji Battalion also tensed up, nervously waiting for orders.Many of them dressed in all kinds of clothes. After the Huangtuling victory, Wang Dou presented Fu Yingchong with a large number of captured Qing army armor to replace their armor.

For the sake of their own lives, those soldiers of the Shenji Battalion put on the armor they had issued one after another.Only some people wear armor inside for the sake of appearance, which looks bulging. Those who don't understand think they are wearing multiple layers of heavy armor.

After many battles, these fighters of the Shenji Battalion have become much calmer and calmer than before.

Finally, another observer came over and reported to Fu Yingchong the distance of the Qing soldiers on the other side.

Fu Yingchong let out an earth-shattering roar and a sharp voice that shook for several miles: "Fire!"

The artillery position trembled for a while, and there was a deafening sound of cannons. The 25 Shenwei General Cannons roared one after another, spewing thick white smoke to the front, and the thick smoke covered the thick figures of each cannon in an instant.

Dozens of cannons weighing more than ten kilograms roared and rushed towards the Qing army on the other side!

Wang Dou held up the binoculars to trace the trajectory of these shells.

The artillery of Shenjiying uses four-wheeled gun mounts, digging pits and pilings, so after the artillery is fixed, it can only be moved up and down, and it is difficult to move left and right. After that, the trajectory of the artillery shells is relatively fixed, and the range of the first round of artillery is quite critical. .

And when the Qing army was less than three miles away, Fu Yingchong ordered to fire. Although the range of the general Shenwei was three or four miles, but...

This round of shelling seems to have hit some Qing soldiers and achieved some results.

There was a roar, and iron bullets whizzed towards them, setting off clouds of dirt and smoke, and the whizzing cannonballs made the marching Wuzhenhachao gunners break out in cold sweat.

Fortunately, at such a long distance, the aiming head of the artillery was extremely small, and most of the shells were knocked down and jumped into the air. However, there was still a large iron ball weighing more than ten kilograms, which passed a row of earth trucks in front and rushed straight to a door with Seven or eight cannons drawn by tired and strong oxen.

Seeing the shells coming, the gunners of the Han army next to the artillery scattered with a blast, and several Han soldiers with whips in their hands also threw down their whips and dodged.

However, those cows who pulled the cannon didn't know how to dodge, and it was impossible to dodge. The fiery iron balls spun and rushed into the herd of cattle.

There was a loud crackling sound of fractures, and this heavy iron ball, after knocking down many bulls, slammed into a shield car not far behind, smashing the shield car into pieces. Ji Yang, the coats of several carts, howled and fell to the ground.

Some iron balls whizzed and shot on some dirt carts pushed by the coat, and most of them lost power in the flying dirt, and soon stopped beating on the ground.

After bouncing on the ground, a strange cannonball went through the bottom of a dirt truck. Amid the desolate screams, the cannonball continued to roll off a trolley-coated calf, and rushed towards a group of gunners behind. ...

Although the Qing army tried its best to learn some of the Ming army's equipment, many essences were not learned.For example, on the earthen carts of the Ming army, many earth bags are tied to the bottom of the front of the cart, leaving no gaps, so that the guns will not go through and roll off the calf of the person pushing the cart.

Moreover, the Qing army's earthen carts also used a large number of wheelbarrows. One wheelbarrow was hit by a cannon, and the huge shock force made the coated mouth of a cart spurt blood.

Kong Youde roared loudly, telling the gunners to dodge the cows and horses, try to remember the trajectory of those shells, and try to avoid those routes next time.He knew that the artillery of the Shenji Battalion of the Ming Army was not like the four-wheeled mopan gun mounts of the Qing Dynasty, which could only shoot directly and could hardly turn left and right. As long as they were not facing them directly, they could dodge.

He also loudly encouraged his subordinates to speed up the march. The Shenji Battalion had already fired one shot, and if they fired two more shots, they would need to loose their cannons. It would be even safer within a quarter of an hour.

However, there is a shadow in his heart. He has already received information that the artillery of the Jingbian Army can fire more than fifteen shots before dissipating heat. ?
Sure enough, the artillery formation of the Shenji Battalion on the other side gradually quieted down after shelling for two more rounds. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the gunners of the Wuzhenhachao Artillery Battalion pushed the artillery with all their might.

Suddenly Kong Youde's eyes turned cold, and he ordered the artillery to move to a certain place in front. Eduardo was startled, and quickly persuaded him, "Your Excellency, didn't you agree that the artillery array will be located on that slope?"

The newly designated place by Kong Youde has deviated from the spot where the artillery array was preset by the observers. Kong Youde's change of mind made him puzzled.

At this time, he was still in shock. Not long ago, a Ming army shell whizzed past him not far away, scaring him into a cold sweat.

Just a little bit, I returned to the embrace of the Lord.

Even though he talked about the glory of the Lord's embrace every day, he was unwilling to return to the Lord's embrace.

Just like if everyone talks about the beauty of heaven, no one is willing to let him go to heaven.

Kong Youde said bitterly: "That position is facing the artillery formation of Shenji Battalion of the Ming Dynasty, their artillery can't turn around, so someone wants to bombard their artillery formation from the side, so that they can only be beaten, but not us. "

Eduardo was dissatisfied. The observers had already guessed the distance of the artillery formation on the opposite side, as well as various data.Many handymen also arranged sacks and soil baskets over there, and now they have to do it all over again, wasting time and energy. The thinking of these oriental people is really hard to figure out.

However, the artillery battalion is not in the hands of Eduardo, so he can only change direction with the artillery battalion.

When Kong Youde's artillery battalion deviated from its direction, Fu Yingchong hadn't noticed it yet.

He also made a detection and estimated that the Qing army might set up artillery on the raised hill opposite, and only then did he set up a targeted artillery array here.After all, there is a flat river on the opposite bank, and only that place has a slight advantage in terrain.

After the heat dissipation of the artillery was over, he howled again to make his artillery battalion continue to bombard.

After another three rounds of shelling, it was only because of the urgent reminder from the observers that the artillery array of the Han army flag deviated a lot from its own artillery array, and was set up on the left oblique side. In this direction, there were only a few artillery pieces in his battalion. can bombard them.

Fu Yingchong was stunned for a while, screaming and roaring: "Turn the artillery, turn the artillery!"

The Shenji Battalion was in chaos, and the gunners of all the artillery were busy at work.

In just a short time, how easy is it to turn these heavy artillery?

It is necessary to pull out the wooden stakes on which each cannon is fixed, and then dozens of people turn the cannons with difficulty, and then drive the piles to fix them.Those parapets also need to be re-stacked, because they are erected on high ground, and some cannons need to be dragged and re-arranged.

Looking at the Qing army on the other side, they are also setting up artillery formations, but their speed is much faster than that of Shenjiying.

Fu Yingchong was sweating profusely, thinking: "The big thing is not good."

Wang Dou put down the binoculars, expressionless, the Wuzhenhachao artillery battalion on the opposite bank was facing the Jingbian army's artillery formation, but they were three miles away, and their own artillery formation could not hit them.

Behind the Wuzhenhachao artillery battalion, there are still a large number of Han army flags gathered. They have not yet crossed the river with drums, but the battle at Shuangzi Mountain cannot allow them to delay.

He said to Zhong Tiaoyang beside him: "Pass the order to Zhao Xuan and the others, let him severely bombard the Han Eight Banners crossing the river!"

(End of this chapter)